The more I read about and see the newer designs from Dark Garden, the more I’m impressed with the availability of wonderful corsets for men. Maybe it’s just a part of the steampunk genre, but it seems like there are more corset options for men (that are designed specifically for men) than ever before.

Dark Garden updated their website recently and seem to be focusing a bit more on the higher fashion types of corsets. For custom corsets, though, I’m sure that some serious boning lies underneath! While the price of a Dark Garden corset may be a bit higher than other outlets, l love that the price reflects the fact that Dark Garden employs folks from the San Francisco Bay area – a notoriously high cost of living area.

I’ve featured lots of Dark Garden corsets on this site in the past. And, I do have a ready-to-wear Dark Garden corset, which you may have seen on this site in the past. It’s comfortable (but not as comfortable as something custom made!).

In this video from the Dickens Fair, Autumn Adamme (Dark Garden founder, owner) describes a bit of male corsetry history:

And, in this photo gallery from the Edwardian Ball, you can see a ton of examples of men wearing corsets that were designed with both the male figure and male fashion in mind.

Marcelo, from Ferrer Corsets sends some photos of a new corset. As Marcelo describes:

Look, here it goes the new pictures of me in my new corset.
This piece was made by me too, in white german coutil, designed to extreme tight-lacing. The corset take off about 35cm in the waist, Not closed at all in the pics, I think its gonna take time and tight-lacing with this new one until I close the corset.

In addition to the male corsetry from Marcelo, there are some gorgeous photos of women laced into his creations. Check out, for example, this pic and this pic of a beautiful woman corsetted.

Is it just me, or is this a really, really odd video?

Maybe everyone should play football like that?

A reader points out that there was recently a corset-themed event in the Vancouver area: LA FETE CORSETE – AN ODE TO THE WASP WAIST. As can be seen in the photos from the event on the Facebook page for Sin City Fetish Night, there is lots of great fashion at these events, including some corsetted men.

Puppet V, originally uploaded by robertusk.

robertusk on Flickr has several terrific corset images. Often the images are paired with a model who has long hair. I also find his images striking – this newer photo fits the bill.